JIMI HENDRIX: GYPSY EYES

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Jimi Hendrix at The Record Plant, NYC 1968

"Jimi had the habit of making the final draft of a song he was working on just before he went into the booth to record the vocal. This photo shows a smiling Jimi putting the final touches to "Gypsy Eyes" from the many notes he kept with him usually written on hotel stationary, napkins, or matchbook covers. These would be assembled on a yellow legal pad just prior to singing the final vocal. An interesting observation is that he wrote right handed even though he played lefty." ~ Eddie Kramer

About Eddie Kramer

Eddie Kramer is mostly known as a producer/engineer working closely with the biggest names of an era he likes to call 'The Golden Age of Rock & Roll' ('67-'72). During that period the whole recording industry was a much better place in terms of the amount of freedom the bands were given in order for them to create their albums. Eddie was afforded the opportunity to take intimate pictures of Hendrix, The Stones and Zeppelin, by virtue of his close working relationship with them.